The University of Kansas Hospital says it has admitted a patient with covid-19, the disease caused by the corona virus. According to a news release, the patient is in a specially equipped area to prevent the spread of the virus to other patients, staff and visitors. The hospital says it won’t provide any personal details about the patient’s identity.
Dr. Lee Norman, Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment, said the patient admitted to the KU Hospital for covid-19 is the same woman from Johnson County who was previously identified as the first presumptive positive case of corona virus in Kansas. Over the weekend, Kansas Health officials announced that a Johnson County woman was the state’s first case of the new corona virus. She appears to have contracted her illness while traveling in the northeast United States. More than 80 other people in Kansas are being monitored for the infection because they have traveled to countries where the virus is spreading.
